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Leners Patent No. 74,280, dans February 11', 186s.

IMPROVEMENT VIN SKATES.

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VTo 'ALL WHOM 1T MAY GONCERN;

Be it known that'I, PHILIP BECKLEY, of Newark, in the county of Essex, and in theStatecfrNew Jersey, have invented' certain new and useful Improvements in Skates; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exac't description thereof, reference being had to 'the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of Areference marked thereon. 5

In the annexed drawings, makingpart of this specifica-tion, A A represent the foot-plates, and B the runner of a skate, the plates Abeing attached tothe runner by means of the connecting-pieces''D.` Between the plates and the runner, and running longitudinally of the skate, is a shaft, C, which' has a right and left screw-thread cut upon it, the right thread on its forward end, and the left @n.its rear end. v The extreme rear end of this shaft is made square in form, so-that a key may be fitted to Vit for turning it. G G and H H represent elbow- Alevershwhose outer ends are turned up, with their inner faces corrugated for forming clamps for th-esole of the boot or shoe. These levers are pivoted through their elbows to the und'er side of the foot-pieces, as .seen at ma. The inner ends of these levers are semioircular. I I represent two nuts, which are provided with rightfand `left threads tocorrespond with those upon theshaft. In the sides of these nuts are formed semicircular recesses,

'into which the inner ends of -the levers H H and G take und rest. The connecting-pieces D D have holes through them, through which the shaft C passes, buttting loosely, s'o that it slides ormoves endwise freely.

In securing. this skate to the foot, the forward clamp on the levers H Hmayirst be pressed up-'by the fingers of the operator, until they clasp theed-ges ofthe sole of the booter shoe; the shaft C is then turned by means begin to bear, theypress equally until they are as tight as the operator desires them.'

By this arrangement, I avoid the diiculty of a. rigid connection between the front and rear clamps, in which4 the pressure in many cases is very unequal. With my arrangement the front clamps will not press the sole tightly until the rear clamps have moved up and embraced the heel. The moment one begins to. press they both clamp equally. The front portion of the rear plate A is turned up, as seen in Figure 2, to lieep the heel in place, 'preventing it from moving too far forward.

Having thus fully describedvmy invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

of a'key for that purpose, until the clamps of levers G press'against the heel. As soon as both sets ofclsmps The clamp-levers G G and H H, in combination with the nuts II, and the right and left screw-shaft'C,`

constructed and operating as and for the purpose set forth. l l i In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this '12th day ofDecember, v18657.

' 'PHILIP G. BECKLEY.

Witnesses:

M. G. Donna/ms, SIMEON S. Huenson. 

